Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 732, James T Dunn, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Dunn, James D. Eleanor
W. 732. Q. L. W. 26587-160-55
CONTENTS

Q. 892  New Jersey  James T. Dunn of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Co. comm'd by Capt. McQuaid of the Regt. commanded by Col. Crow, in the New Jersey line for 1 st months and 28 days.
Payment rendered, in order to Hon. J. Parker 16 th April 1835 Set to J. F. Randolph, July 24. 1835. " " Sept. 17 - " P. Agent Sept. 17 -
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Nov. 1833 and due to J. F. Randolph M.C. present.
Arrears to the 1 st of Apr. '33 $150 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr. '34 30 $180
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Attila Clerk, Book E. Vol. 2. Page 188

Cir. J. W. Miller Aug 28/55
Heb 53-no 1579
Vol. D. 157. —
34.521 Act 3 March/55
Eleanor Dunn Heb 2/55
Eleanor Dunn widow
James F. Dunn decd Private
Capt Bays. } N. J. Col. } Mich.
Revolutionary war
Pensioner —
Ad: 160 Acq May 16/56 Boyleton Heb 53-1579
Boyleton
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John W. Miller 67 Wall St New York — N.Y.

1855 April 3. Cir to P. Agt. in a q. transferred from New Jersey to New York City from March 1855. Notn. with Fin. Cert. to J. C. Lawrence.
1579 W Henry York City Eleanor Dunn widow of James S. Dunn who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private New Jersey Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st of March 1842
February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Aug/53 and sent to
Peter D. Runyon New Brunswick N. Jersey
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 1842 Page 91 Vol. A
1853
1852

State of New Jersey Middlesex County } On this fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty three personally appeared before the Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the county of Middlesex State of New Jersey James T. Dunn a resident of the township of Piscataway county State aforesaid who being duly sworn on his oath faith in answer to the inter- rogatories directed to be proposed by the Court by the direction of the War Department maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he was born March the ninth 1760 in the township of Piscataway aforesaid and has resided there ever since that he is seventy three years of age That he has a copy of family record taken his own possession in his own Bible copied from his father's Bible now in his possession of some of his father's family in Piscataway That he was enrolled on the 9 th day of March 1776 he was recruited from the circumstances of its being his birth day then 16 years of age called out the fifteenth day of March served one month in draft under Captain John Rop maker's preparations for  proceeding to the coast along the enemy  the coast - In June he served one month under Captain Wm Manning & was kept at Staten Island Woodbridge Amity & Raritan both now Jersey City - The enemy were then in the vicinity of Sandy Hook and playing the time engaged on Staten Island In the fall of 1777 he was called out served one month under Captain Manning & Captain Randolph engaged in detaching a party of troops from the northern part of the State who were overtaken by the night - Some of them escaped but a majority 60 or 70 of them were surprised in a corn field & taken prisoners sent to Red Bank

In the fall of the same year 1777 was called out & served his drafted service 2 months at Woodbridge & Amity guarding the flow under Captain ordered  ordered I Captain Freeman - In June 1778 was ordered  ordered I marched to Monmouth & volunteered my services for a voluntary service as a volunteer under Captain Ross Col. William Hunt. He had with him other men to reconnoitre the enemy near July. He fell in with the picket guard of the baggage & was surrounded with the loss of three of his associates John Boice Harmonus Lacy & Michael Field killed several wounded & at this time found a train of three waggons. Was called out again one month in September 1778 under Captain Man- ning at Elizabeth Town guarding the flow - In November 1778 was again called out & served under Captain Gehring for one month in similar services. In the spring of 1779 was called out & served one month under Capt. Dunn at Woodbridge & Amity. On the 22nd of August he served one month at Elizabeth Town under Captain Manning and was called out in Nov. following served one month under Captain Manning at Woodbridge & Amity & the succeeding spring in 1780 in May he was called out again served one month under Captain Dunn during which he was at the battle of Connecticut Farms at the burning of the Caldwell's house where Mrs. Caldwell was shot by the enemy in her own house making at this time five waggons. In September he was called out again served one month under Captain Ross & Major Edgar. He was engaged in protecting the property of his fellow citizens - In January 1781 he was ordered out. Served two months at the time the Pennsylvania line revolted at Morristown

town - In the summer of 1781 he was ordered out & fitted again three months principally under Captain Durban Major Edgar Hoke now engaged at early Woodbridge I believe town in guarding the Ferry from Sandy point all along the Road. He was engaged as a volunteer in the service in attacking the enemy when they ascended the Rappahannock for the purpose of taking Byrd's boats & was also out as a volunteer when Simcoe's Cavalry came up to Middlebrook & then took a circuitous route to South Amby. During the whole of this service this declarant acted as a private & was drafted except when it is otherwise expressed altho' he was out much more he cannot pretend to be more specific in his statements. He has no documentary evidence of his services or written discharge but is well known & refers to Henry Sutton John Martin Hyabie Murray Soldiers in the Revolution with him part of the time & can attest to his service to the Rev. Mr. Scrymgeour a clergyman residing in the same township with him Rector of the James Church & to James Fugate & David Fite neighbors of his vicinity to the Rev. Mr. Scrymgeour a clergyman residing in the same township with him Rector of the James Church & to James Fugate & David Fite neighbors of his vicinity May in James Gilman to whom he is well known & can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services in the Revolution all of whom reside in his vicinity
and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension role of any agency of any State.
From Fultonsville in Ohio On the 17 th day of June AD 1833 J. Ford Lodge
James G. Durbin

The William Douglass a clergyman within the James Church residing in the township of Piscataway County of Middlesex & State of New Jersey & David Fitz Randolph of the said County County State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James T. Dunn Esq. in who has subscribed from the above declaration - that we believe him to be forty three years of age that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion from subscriptions the day of Jan 1833 2 years aforesaid in Open Court.
For Ford Judge
Wm Douglass D. Fitz Randolph
Personally appeared before the Judge of the said court James Arnold who being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he is well acquainted with James T. Dunn & that he knows that he served during the revolutionary war - that he was with him in January 1781 under Captain Durham at the time the Pennsylvania line revolted at Morris Town & believes he served at that time two months & believes he served as he has before set forth. And Henry Sutton being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he was and served with him in Jan 1778 at the attack of the fort guards of the British army in Virginia in several battles - about Monmouth & at other places & John Martin being duly sworn deponeth & saith that they all recollect that they were several months out with the said army & believe he was out as he has before set forth. Subscribed from the 17th Jan A.D. 1833 James Arnold

in open Court — J. Ford Judge
Henry Tutton John Martine Gabriel Mundy
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier served as deposed. And the Court further certifies that William Douglas who has signed the above certificate is a Clergyman resident in the township of Piscataway county State of New Jersey that David Fitz Randolph — who has signed the same also is a resident of the same township county State of New Jersey and is a credible person and that James Arnold & Henry Tutton & Gabriel Mundy & John Martine of the said county are credible persons & their statement entitled to full credence.
J. Ford Peter P. Munyon Thos. Vance

I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Inferior Court of Oconee State in for the county of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James T. Dunn Esquire for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this seventeenth day of June Anno Domini Eighteen hundred thirty three. N Booraem Clerk

James L Dunn
Admitted Private 17 mo & 28 days
J F Randolph N Bruns

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
20 Sept r 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of James T. Jones
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 March 0 1 — Private Capt John Ross   " June 0 1 — " " Manning Woodbridge Salem - Ireland   1777 Feb 0 1 " " " "   " do 0 1 " " " Fraser   " do 0 1 " " " Freeman   1778 June 0 0 24 " " Ross   " Sept 0 1 — " " Manning   " Nov 0 1 — " " Fleming   1779 0 1 " " " Danner Woodbridge   " do 0 1 — " " Manning City Town   1780 May 0 1 — " " " Woodbridge   " do 0 1 — " " Ross   1781 0 2 0 " " "   " do 0 3 0 " " Danner  
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful on the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
Said the enemy land on Staten Island in March 1776? Was it before the summer of that year that they arrived in force in the waters of New York?

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
* Field officers should be detailed in order that service may be traced.

I certify that the couple whose names are underwritten were married by me at the time & place in March 15 th 1832 James T Dunn and Eleanor Martin
G. J. Webb Minister of the Gospel
Presented March 13 1837 by me
N Boorsema Clk
State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex ss I Nicholas Boorsema Clerk of the County of passed & to the laws of Commonwealth Pleas in Her Land being so certify the foregoing to be a copy from the record of Marriages in my office
Witness my hand & seal at New Brunswick this 3 rd day of June AD 1853
N Boorsema Clerk

Middlesex Common Pleas May Term 1853
Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of February 3 rd 1853 State of New Jersey Middlesex County
On this twenty third day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Middlesex the same being a court of record Eleanor Dunn a resident of the City County and State of New York aged eighty four years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February Third one thousand eight hundred and fifty three That she is the widow of James T. Dunn deceased who was a Revolutionary soldier and received a Pension as such at the rate of sixty dollars per annum until the time of his death That the said James T. Dunn her late husband in his life time resided in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey and received his Pension at the New Jersey Agency at Trenton in that State That the said James T. Dunn her late husband drew his said Pension under the name of James F. Dunn for the reason that he was so described in his Pension Certificate but that his name was James T. Dunn and not James F. Dunn
She further declares that she was married to the said James T. Dunn on the

fifteenth day of March one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two in the County of Middlesex aforesaid by the Rev. Greenleaf S. Webb a Baptist Minister as will appear by a certified copy of his Certificate of said marriage as recorded in Middlesex County Clerk's office which is herewith presented. That her husband the aforesaid James I. Dunn died in the County of Middlesex aforesaid on the twenty ninth day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty seven that she was married to him at the time above stated.
She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the said act of Congress and that she is still his widow and has never before made application for a Pension. She also states that some times she writes her name Helen believing it to be another way of identifying the same name and that she wrote her name Helen when she made the request of Pension due her in right of her late husband the said James I. Dunn after his death.
Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and year above stated
Helen
Ellenor Dunn
Peter P. Ramey Hanson Newton Wm. P. Root Fitz Randolph Bethuel Ward

34, 521
Claim for Bonus Law Aug 37 March 1885
Eleazar Dunn
widow of James T Dunn private in Captain Ropes Company New Jersey state militia
Revolutionary war
Filed by John W Mills 67 Water Street N.Y.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
Form of Declaration for Widow of a deceased Officer or Soldier.
State of New York County of New York { ss.
On this thirteenth day of March
A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for the county and State aforesaid, Eleanor Dunn aged Eighty seven years, a resident of the City New York in the State of New York , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of James T Dunn
, deceased, who was a private in Captain Rapp's Company New Jersey Militia Comm'd during Col then she may draw a pension of Sixty Dollars per annum for services in the war of 1812
That her said husband volunteered at Piscataway Township on or about the _____ day of _____
A. D., 1813 for the term of the war and continued in actual service in said war for the term of the war and was discharged at Trenton on the _____ day of _____
A. D., 1883 as will appear by the rolls of the Company on file in Washington
She further states that she was married to the said James T Dunn in Piscataway on the Twenty day of March A. D., 1832 by one P. B. Kelly a Baptist Minister and that her name before her said marriage was Eleanor
Martin that her said husband died at Piscataway on the Twenty day of February A. D., 1847 and that she is still a widow.
She further declares that she has not received any land warrant, and has not made any previous application under this or any other act of Congress.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act passed 3d March, 1855.
Eleanor Dunn 280 Clinton St NY

AFFIDAVIT.
We, Isabella C Runyon and Mary J Mead residents of the City of New York in the State of New York upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elleanor Seam — in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Isabella C Runyon 250 Clinton Street N.Y. Mary J Mead 250 Clinton Street New York
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to, and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Joseph Lawrence Notary Public
This will certify
That Mr. James T. Dunn and Mrs. Helen Martin were Legally united in Marriage, in Piscataway, Middlesex Co. N.J. on the fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two (1832) Agreeably to the Laws of the State of New Jersey — By me S. S. Webb. Minister of the Gospel.

Rev. 732 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 732 Eleanor Dunn, Widow, James Dunn, Paris, Rev. War.
Act Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 198
[Arrangement of 1870.]

26.587
160 acres

Pension Office
Aug 19/53
Sir Please report time of death of within named pensioner or time of last payment
Respectfully,
H. Burt Esqr Bland Present
James F. Dunn, age 32, $600.00 p. an. — Died 29 th January 1847. Paid to his death.
F. Burt Auditor.

June 9. 180318
102085 Capt. of Eleanor Dunn widow of James V.
N. Lurey 8.460 22892 Act 3rd Feby 1853
Rev:
Allowed $60 per annum Comm. Feb. 3. 1853
Peter P. Runyon New Brunswick N. Jersey
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

1579 act 53 Eleanor Dunn
1 April 1855
Pension certificate returned to J. C. Lawrence with Mrs. O. H. Danner
To Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington D.C.

St. Amant
1579 alt 53
Sturges
1 April 1853
Dr. M. S. ...
Returned to P. G. Dumas
with the first number
To Empyrea & Venus Pension of the Washing to

Brief in the case of Mrs Elenor Dunn widow of James Middlesex County and State of New Jersey act of Feb 3, 1853
Claim. ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of 1832 at $60 per annum
Tri
Marriage proved — public record
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death and report
Identity cr. wills.
Name and residence of Agent
Peter P. Runyon N. Brunswick New Jersey
Examining Clerk.
H. C. Gray

Trenton N. Jersey Pension Agency April 5 1855
Sir
Eleanor Dunn a pensioner under act of Feby 3 1853 at the rate of Sixty Dollars per annum has been paid at this agency up to the 11 th March 1855.
I am very Respectfully your ob: servant
Phil s Dickinson
Pew r Agent N. Jersey
L. P. Waldo Esq r Comm r of Pensions

Ellano Dunn
transfer to W. V. City when assigned.
J. C. Lawrence N.P.

State of New York } New York City County } b
On this Thirteenth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Notary Public in and for the County and State of New York, Eleanor Dunn widow of James T. Dunn a resident of Number 250 Clinton Street in the City of New York and State of New York who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she is the identical Eleanor Dunn described in a certain Pension Certificate issued from the Department of the Interior dated Twenty seventh day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty three as the widow James T. Dunn a private in the Revolutionary war and entitled to a pension of Sixty Dollars per annum as is particularly mentioned and described in said Pension Certificate which said pension is now payable in Trenton State of New Jersey on the 4 th September and 4 th March. times recorded in the Pension office on the Roll of Pensioners under the act of February 3 rd 1833 Page 91 Vol 6.
And deponent further says that she now makes this affidavit for the purpose of having a new pension certificate issued to her payable in the City of New York instead of the one now returning payable in Trenton New Jersey.
Eleanor Dunn

Yours truly and soon to be before me the United States March 22 d 1883
Joseph L. Lawrence Tracy D. Rootes

New York March 31, 1885
Commencing Pension Sir
The foregoing affidavit is made for and on behalf of Eleanor Burns a Resident of Penna and a widow of having a new Pension certificate from the City of New York instead of the original when completed please send the same to my address
Very Respectfully
Your obed serv
Joseph Lawrence by wife

State of New Jersey } Middlesex Common Pleas Middlesex County } May Term 1853
Before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex State of New Jersey personally appeared Greenleaf S. Webb age a sixty four years a resident of the City of New Brunswick in the County aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with James T. Dunn deceased and Eleanor Dunn who is now his widow that he solemnized their marriage on the fifteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty two in the County of Middlesex State of New Jersey that the said James T. Dunn departed this life on or about the twenty ninth day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty seven and that Eleanor Dunn the foregoing declarant is still his widow and that she is sometimes called Helen
G. S. Webb
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the 31 st day of May 1853 and the said Court do certify that the above named Greenleaf S. Webb is a reputable Minister of the Gospel in the Baptist denomination and that full credit may be given to his statements
Peter P. Wm. Wood D. Fitz Randolph DeWitt Ware Alanson Newton John P. Wood

State of New Jersey to all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas the Board of Common Pleas in and for the County of Holmdel above mentioned do hereby certify that Peter P. Kuyper D. Kelly Randolph Bateman Ward Alanson Newland Abraham P. Provost when General Synod was appointed are then at the time of signing the same Delegates of the Board of Common Pleas in and for the County and have appointed their respective and have that all their official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit, and that the aforesaid Board now is absent of record having General Synod
Given under my hand & Seal of office at New Brunswick this third day of June AD 1857 N BOORSENN

James T. Dunn
James Randolph Agent

State of New Jersey
Med te N. County } On this fifth day of October, 1837 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Gabriel Mundy, who being duly sworn on his oath saith, that he is a soldier of the Revolution and now in the receipt of a Pension as such, that he well knows James T. Dunn, the applicant for a Pension named in paper marked Number 26,816, that he has heretofore testified in his behalf, and can now only say in addition, that he has always lived in the same neighborhood with said Dunn belonged to the same company with him, and knows of his being out repeatedly in the years '77, '78, '79, '80, '81 he believes also in 1782, that their company was formed into eight companies, four of which were almost always called upon at a time, and the whole frequently, that said Dunn was regular in the performance of his duty and must, of necessity, have done a great deal, but this deponent cannot un- dertake, at this remote period, to specify times for another, or to enter into details, he has no doubt that said Dunn served as he has stated, and more than he claims. Subscribed to me this day of October
aforesaid, before me
Peter P. Harnyon
Justice of the Peace
Gabriel Mundy
I hereby certify that Gabriel Mundy the foregoing named deponent is a credible person and his statements are en- titled to credit
Peter P. Harnyon
Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey, On this Court day of October 1883. In the County of Sussex, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Sussex personally appeared Henry Sutter, John Smalley & James Arness, who being only sworn on their oaths, each say that they are all surviving soldiers of the Revolution, neighbors to each I know the foregoing applicant for a pension, have known him intimately for upwards of sixty years, and know him to be of the most scrupulous integrity & veracity. And the said Sutter for himself says that he knows none of the services of said Dunn in the Revolution, served with him repeatedly, belonged to the same company and knows of his services from the beginning to the end of the War - cannot positively say how many times, said Dunn he knows not that from the organi- zation of the militia and the constant calls upon them, and the facility of said Dunn, is sure he could not have served less than eighteen months to two years altogether. And he said Arness for himself says that he also belonged to the same company with said Dunn knows of their going out and received each other as comrades , but that they were not close together, and as to the time he can not specify times. Said Dunn he knows he has been a faithful soldier & an unshrinking in the discharge of his duty, then, therefore quite safe in saying that his services altogether could not have been less than twenty to thirty four or eight months. And he said Smalley for himself says that he did not belong to the same company with Dunn therefore cannot speak as to his times, but he remem- ber him well in battle, and knows that he was a fine whip and a good soldier, and has not a

doubt of her services to the full extent of her claim.
Subscribed from the day & year afore said before me who certifies hereby to the credibil- ity of all said witnesses and to their ability to full belief in their several statements.
Peter P. Burrough
Justice of the Peace.
Henry Shotton John Smallley James Arnold
I Nicholas Boorman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Middlesex. do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original and supplemental proceedings in the case of James T. Dunn an applicant for a Patent, that Peter P. Bur- rough a Justice of the Peace, before whom said supplemen- tal proceedings were had and that at the date of those proceedings, Justices of the Peace only com- memorised therein, and that the signatures of said witnesses are known to me to be in their proper hand writing.
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
N Boorman Clerk

State of New Jersey Middlesex county. James T. Durnn personally known to me & known to me to be the person named in the papers herewith annexed her, duly sworn on his oath saith that he cannot state with absolute certainty all his services & all the circumstances connected therewith but with a perfect confidence in its correctness he asserts that he found at least during the period in his said papers mentioned & refers to his original declaration He respectfully asserts that he knew at the time he made his statement that the enemy did not land on Staten Island in March '76 & also that they did not arrive in the waters of New York until June '76 , at which time the enemy were in the waters of New York On this subject he refers to Marshall's Washington volume Second in corroboration of his own impressions & recollections on the subject. The statements therein contained coinciding with his own recollection he hopes will satisfy the department - for they will be found not only to be coincident with his original declaration but to greatly strengthen it. He will however add that his services in the year '76 were performed under Genl Genl Heald & Col. Gaylord - his field officers in the next year were Col. John Stirling & Genl Heald In the year '78 & during the remainder of the war his services were performed under Colonels Wetmore & Crow. He again repeats that he served faithfully & was much more than he has specified & that he respectfully solicits a re-examination of his original papers & says that during the performance of these services he was wholly engaged in the service in his country & not engaged in any civil pursuit. He also would refer to the additional evidence now produced still further confirm- atory of his declaration Subscribed & sworn to this 22 nd day of Oct r - 1883 - before me Peter P. Duryee Justice of the Peace James T. Durnn

State of Ohio County 7/11. On this fifth day of October 1839 before me a Notary Public, a Justice of the Peace in the County of Ohio finally appeared Joseph Steele, who being first sworn, deposes and saith, that he is well acquainted with James T. Dunn, the foregoing applicant, has known him from boyhood, always lived a neighbor to him, recalled him in the war of the Revolution, belonged to the same com- pany with him, served with him, knew of his services in each of the years 1777 '78 '79 '80 '81. He believes he was out at least '82 & '83, in which he served a great deal more than he has stated, because he was a good soldier & a faithful soldier, and always ready to shoulder his musket. Witness cannot specify towns for another, but he can say positively that said Dunn was out in each & every year of the war from '77 to the end, and this is as much as almost any witness can safely declare for another.
Subscribed to me this day 1 year & affirmed before me,
R. Ford
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Steele
I certify that Joseph Steele the deponent above is of the most respectable character, and entitled to the fullest credence in what he states.
R. Ford
Justice of the Peace
James T. Dunn's Application for a pension
26. 816
James T. Dunn
New Richmond
C. L.